Term 3 & 4Texts
Concepts Discussed in Class
Empathy
"What is empathy? It’s the ability to step into the shoes of another person, aiming to understand their feelings and perspectives, and to use that understanding to guide our actions."
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Fixed and Growth Mindset
Carol Dweck "In a fixed mindset students believe their basic abilities, their intelligence, their talents, are just fixed traits. They have a certain amount and that's that, and then their goal becomes to look smart all the time and never look dumb. In a growth mindset students understand that their talents and abilities can be developed through effort, good teaching and persistence. They don't necessarily think everyone's the same or anyone can be Einstein, but they believe everyone can get smarter if they work at it."
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Brain Nuerons, Learning, & Multitasking
"Doing something over and over again doesn’t just make it easier. It actually changes the brain...
Recent data have been showing that the brain continues to change over the course of our lives. Cells grow. They form connections with new cells. Some stop talking to others... 'At the beginning, you require a lot of focused attention,' Spreng says. Learning to swing a bat requires a great deal of focus when you first try to hit a ball. But the more you practice, Spreng says, the less you have to think about what you’re doing." |
Collaboration
Active cooperation and participation from all group members to produce something greater than what could be accomplished alone.
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Quotes
"What luck for leaders that men do not think."
-Mostly attributed to Adolf Hitler "Be passionate in EVERYTHING you do!"
-Mr. Strock |
"Strong people don't put others down, they lift them up."
-Michael P. Watson "The illiterate of the 21st centurey will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn."
-Alvin Toffler |
"Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people."
-Socrates "The nature of man is the same; it is their habits that separate them."
-Confucius |
"We are the average of the five people we spend the most time with."
-Jim Rohn |
Poems & Songs
Novels, Excerpts, & Picture Books
Mr. Strock has copies of the full text of all the novels used.
Short Stories & Articles
Videos
An Experiment in Gratitude
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Benefits of Reading
Mentor Texts |
The Missing Tile Syndrome
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"Muslim & Jewish Girls"
Amina Iro and Hannah Halpern |
"Everybody Dies, But Not Everybody Lives
Prince Ea |
Can We Auto-Correct Humanity?
Prince Ea |
The Power of Habit
Charles Duhigg |
Look Up
Gary Turk |
"What Will Your Verse Be?"
Robin Williams |
Reinventing the Shopping Cart
IDEO |
Ideas Are Scary
GE |
My Obsession With Objects: Dodo Bird
Adam Savage |
"Rapid Prototyping: Google Glass"
Tom Chi |
"Rapid Prototyping:
Part 1" Google for Entrepreneurs |
"Introduction to Storyboarding"
RocketJump Film School |
"Thumbnail Sketches"
Goodbye-Art Academy |
"What is Composition"
The Art of Composing
The Art of Composing
"How to Write a Business Plan"
Young Entrepreneurs Forum
Young Entrepreneurs Forum